Overview
- Mamdani traveled to Puerto Rico for the SOMOS conference, telling attendees he will fight rising housing costs and keep New York a city for immigrants.
- He announced an all-women transition leadership group that includes Elana Leopold, Lina Khan, Maria Torres-Springer, Grace Bonilla and Melanie Hartzog.
- His team opened a public hiring portal to recruit candidates across areas such as housing, technology, communications and community policy.
- New York state leaders created a virtual war room, urged nonviolence, coordinated with police chief Jessica Tisch and crafted messaging to deny any pretext for federal deployment.
- Mamdani reiterated core proposals like a rent freeze, free public transit and universal childcare financed by higher taxes on top earners and corporate changes, and said ICE agents who break the law will be held accountable.